Package-tie.



E. V. C. MELIUS.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19. I915.

1 ,QQQU'YY, Patented Sept. 11, 1917.

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ESLEY V. C. MELIUS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Application filed October 19, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EsLnY VAN CLnvn Mnmus, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package- Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its primary object to provide an efficient and inexpensive device for securely fastening a cord or other flexible binder in position about a package.

Another object is the provision of a package fastener including essentially a body plate, cord-engaging members carried thereby and an integral extension constituting a handle whereby the package tie may beheld in position while the cord or other bmder is being applied to the package.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, a r. ngement and formation of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the package tie applied to use,

Fig. 2 represents an edge elevation thereof, and

l1 3 represents a perspective view of the package tie.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 indicates the body plate preferably formed of spring sheet metal having an aperture fixed in one corner thereof in which is permanently secured one end of a cord or other flexible binder 7. Adjacent the eye or aperture 6 the body plate 5 is formed with an extension bent back upon it self, as indicated at 8, to provide a cord clamping member having an outwardly directed free edge 9. At a point opposite the clamping member 8 the body plate 5 is formed with an integral and upwardly curved cord guide or holder 10.

A longitudinal extension 11 is formed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. if, 1917.

Serial No. 56,746.

integral with one end of the body 25 and constitutes a handle whereby said plate may be firmly held in position by the thumb or forefinger during the application of the cord to a package. The outer extremity 12 of the handle 11 is preferably curved outwardly in the direction of the holder 01' guide 10 so as to insure against the handle slipping from under the finger or thumb when the cord is drawn tightly about the package.

In use, the body plate 5 is positioned upon the top of a package 13, or other article to be tied, and the cord 7 is looped any desired number of times longitudinally about the package, and subsequently looped transversely, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. The medial portion of the cord is passed under the guide or holder 10 and the free end thereof is slipped under the spring clamping member 8, and thus reliably secured in position. During application of the cord to the package the package tie is firmly held in position thereon by pressing upon tht handle 11 with the thumb or forefinger.

l/Vhat I claim is:

A package tie comprising a body plate, an extension formed on said body plate, said extension having an aperture therein, a cord fastened at one end in said aperture a spring clamping member carried by said body plate and located to one side of said extensioma cord holder or guide formed upon said body plate and arranged opposite said spring clamping member, said guide and spring clamping member being bent back upon the body plates toward each other, and a longitudinally extending handle carried by said body plate opposite said extension and in direct alinement therewith, said handle having its outer edge curved upwardly for engagement with the thumb of the operator to prevent the body plate from slipping while a package is being tied.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ESLEY V. C. MELIUS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE D. BIEBEL, ALMA E. DICKERT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

